Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: flyrotary Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 22:15:03 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [148.78.247.23] (HELO apollo.email.starband.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0.2) with ESMTP id 1890725 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 28 Nov 2002 15:20:11 -0500 Received: from starband.net (vsat-148-64-132-119.c005.g4.mrt.starband.net [148.64.132.119]) by apollo.email.starband.net (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id gASKK4bx001310 for ; Thu, 28 Nov 2002 15:20:06 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: <3DE67ADE.BF6DB6A@starband.net> X-Original-Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 15:21:50 -0500 From: Jim Sower X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Original-To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Panel Lighting .... References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All, I remember way waaaay back in another life how important night vision was in tactical jet operations. More recently I've heard that airliners and bizjets are moving away from the old standard red interior cockpit lighting to white or "blue-white" or somesuch. Anyone out there with "recent" (say in the past 15 years or so) tactical experience that could "shed some light" on this question? Are night carrier ops as dark and dank as they used to be? Are there other colors that illuminate as well as or better than red without damaging night vision? For my own part, I've very rarely ever used landing or taxi lights but have realized that it's necessary in GA if only to chase the deer and geese off the runway, and be seen by my brethren. I've always stuck to the old standard red illumination for lack of knowledge of anything better. Can anyone help me out .... Jim S.